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Welcome to the seventh issue of the Desk.

The Desk is my weekly newsletter covering newly published content and project updates.

Weekly Newsletters

Travel Bloggers Weekly Issue 10

Welcome to the tenth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

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Blogging Weekly Issue 7

Blogging Weekly Blogging Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for bloggers to create, build and grow…

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DB Weekly Issue 7

The seventh issue of DB Weekly, which curates the latest database industry news and resources.

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Mobile Development Weekly Issue 7

The seventh issue of Mobile Development Weekly, which curates the latest mobile development industry news.

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Digital Marketing Weekly Issue 7

Digital Marketing Weekly The seventh issue of Digital Marketing Weekly, which curates the latest SEO, Social Media and…

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Web Development Weekly Issue 15

The 15th issue of Web Development Weekly, which curates the latest web development industry news.

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Golang Weekly Issue 4

Welcome to the fourth issue of Golang Weekly, a weekly newsletter about the Go programming language.

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Node Weekly Issue 4

Node Weekly Welcome to the fourth issue of Node Weekly, a free weekly e-mail round-up of Node.js news and articles…

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Ruby Weekly Issue 4

Welcome to the fourth issue of Ruby Weekly, a free weekly e-mail round-up of Ruby news and articles.

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JavaScript Weekly Issue 4

JavaScript Weekly Welcome to the fourth issue of JavaScript Weekly, a weekly newsletter of JavaScript articles, news…

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React Weekly Issue 4

Welcome to the fourth issue of React Weekly, weekly roundup of the latest React and React Native links and tutorials.

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New GitHub Repos

getdwp/society6

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brandonlearn/brandonlearn.github.io

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brandonlearn/.github

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brandonlearn/learn-ghost

Permalink Failed to load latest commit information. Learn Ghost, a free and open source blogging platform written in…

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brandonlearn/learn-wordpress

Permalink Failed to load latest commit information. Learn WordPress, a free and open-source content management system…

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Updated GitHub Repos

getdwp/getdwp.github.io

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New Projects

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Welcome to the tenth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

YouTube creator economy flourishes with $30 billion payments

YouTube's advertising revenue is skyrocketing, leading more payments for creators. But the competition for creator…

fortune.com

The System Every Creator Needs To Figure Out To Build A Successful Career

Your career depends on your ability to build a system. Because a lack of a system leads to random acts of creation and…

joshspector.com

What if the future of media is only newsletters and podcasts? Axios seems to think that's right. |…

Successful tech startups and new media ventures bet big on paid newsletters and podcasts. Big Tech seems to follow. The…

whatsnewinpublishing.com

Membership Podcast: How to Start and Run Your Own - Castos

Podcasts are traditionally free for everyone to listen. You simply grab an episode using your favorite podcast…

castos.com

ahmadawais/create-guten-block

create-guten-block is zero configuration dev-toolkit (#0CJS) to develop WordPress Gutenberg blocks in a matter of…

github.com

SEO Takeaways & SEO Tips From Google I/O 2021 | SEOSLY

Here are the most important SEO takeaways and SEO tips from Google I/O 2021.

seosly.com

WordPress 18

Today marks eighteen years since the very first release of WordPress. I consider myself so lucky to have co-founded the…

ma.tt

Twitter's new tip jar is good for creators and consumers

When I first heard about Twitter's upcoming tip jar feature, I was a little underwhelmed. But lately I've had a change…

www.indiehackers.com

Log File Analysis For SEO - Portent

Skip post category list Note: This is part of a collection of posts about advanced SEO. To see others, check out the…

www.portent.com

15 Essential Free SEO WordPress Plugins - Designmodo

WordPress is one of the leading open source platforms for building websites and for blogging and using the WordPress…

designmodo.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on June11, 2021.

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Welcome to the ninth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

humanmade/S3-Uploads

S3 Uploads Lightweight "drop-in" for storing WordPress uploads on Amazon S3 instead of the local filesystem. A Human…

github.com

Updates to YouTube's Terms of Service (June '21) - YouTube Community

On June 1, 2021, we'll be making a few updates to our Terms of Service for countries outside of the U.S. This may sound…

support.google.com

How publishers can build communities through livestreams: Insights from Twitch | What's New in…

Twitch's Creative Strategy Lead Jack Woodcock tells us about the opportunities for publishers around livestreaming…

whatsnewinpublishing.com

luangjokaj/wordpressify

🎈 Automate your WordPress development workflow. Contribute to luangjokaj/wordpressify development by creating an…

github.com

Success takes more time than most will admit.

Hey IH - I just had a quick thought I wanted to say that I think is helpful for people just getting started. No doubt…

www.indiehackers.com

The Economist creates a new revenue stream with online courses

The Economist is tapping into the online education market to bolster its revenue, editorial and reader engagement…

www.journalism.co.uk

Search at Google I/O 2021 | Google Search Central Blog

"type": "thumb-down", "id": "missingTheInformationINeed", "label":"Missing the information I need" },{ "type"…

developers.google.com

Learn CSS

An evergreen CSS course and reference to level up your web styling expertise. This course breaks down the fundamentals…

web.dev

Google Marketing Livestream 2021

Welcome to Google Marketing Livestream 2021-a virtual keynote where we announce new products and share the latest…

adsonair.withgoogle.com

Prevent portions of your site from being abused by spam

As a website owner, you might provide a few channels where your users can interact, such as forums, guestbooks, social…

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Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on June 04, 2021.

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Welcome to the eighth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

10 Ways To Improve The "Mollie's Monday Obsessions" Newsletter

I'm doing a series of newsletter audits to help creators grow and improve their newsletters. Below are 10…

joshspector.com

The A-Z of a Marketing Calendar (includes 5 Templates)

Your marketing calendar is an integral part of keeping track of your marketing strategy and processes. To help you get…

www.semrush.com

11 Email Marketing Tips To Boost Engagement & Sales - Email Mastery

Looking for email marketing tips to boost revenue and subscriber engagement? Good call. Many sources have touted email…

emailmastery.org

Unveiling Material You

The next stage for Material Design

material.io

Web Accessibility for Newbies

Introductory information and advice on how to think about and approach web accessibility

levelup.gitconnected.com

Google Advanced Search Operators for Competitive Content Research

Without an organizing principle, a spreadsheet full of keywords is a bottomless to-do list. It's not enough to know…

moz.com

Mid-May Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Continues

There is again significant chatter within the SEO forums and signs from the automated tracking tools of yet another…

www.seroundtable.com

Learn CSS

An evergreen CSS course and reference to level up your web styling expertise. This course breaks down the fundamentals…

web.dev

Heroicons

Beautiful hand-crafted SVG icons, by the makers of Tailwind CSS.

heroicons.com

A Beginner's Guide to Applying Color in UI Design | George Francis

Is color theory getting you down? Are you tired of the same old preset palettes? Sick of hitting "regenerate" on a…

georgefrancis.dev

Google AMP is dead! AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search

Google is rolling out a significant change as a part of their page experience ranking algorithm in June 2021. From the…

plausible.io

DST Root CA X3 Expiration (September 2021)

On September 30 2021, there will be a small change in how older browsers and devices trust Let’s Encrypt…

letsencrypt.org

Mobile publishing: Common mistakes and how to avoid them | What's New in Publishing | Digital…

Mobile traffic is up, but digital publishers see marginal engagement from these users. These common UX and monetization…

whatsnewinpublishing.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on May 28, 2021.

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Welcome to the seventh issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

travelbloggersnetwork/yourblogname.com

Example of how-to use a GitHub repo for travel blogs. - travelbloggersnetwork/yourblogname.com

github.com

What is DNS? - Introduction to DNS - AWS

DNS, or the Domain Name System, translates human readable domain names (for example, www.amazon.com) to machine…

aws.amazon.com

17 Blogging Tips For Beginners (That Actually Work)

Started a blog but can't get any readers? Let's fix that. In 2015, my friends and I started a breakdancing blog (now…

ahrefs.com

WordPress 5.7.2 Security Release

WordPress 5.7.2 is now available. This security release features one security fix. Because this is a security release…

wordpress.org

How to Use JavaScript to Automate SEO (With Scripts)

Programming and automation are increasingly popular topics in the SEO industry, and rightfully so. Leveraging new ways…

www.searchenginejournal.com

How to Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for SEO

One of the most difficult tasks an SEO professional has is telling your company or client their site is slow and clunky…

www.searchenginejournal.com

Discover Figma: A Practical Guide. | Marc Andrew

If you're a Designer stepping into the world of UI Design and looking for the right tool to help you create beautiful…

marcandrew.me

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021 - Smashing Magazine

Let's make 2021... fast! An annual front-end performance checklist (available as PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word), with…

www.smashingmagazine.com

Awesome WordPress

A curated list of resources for WordPress. WordPress - Website for WordPress open source software. GitHub - Github page…

www.awesomelists.io

Using Ajax in WordPress | WP Engine®

If you have an engaged and active customer base for your website, you might wonder how you can provide a truly…

wpengine.com

How To Add Bitcoin Payment to WordPress Site | WP Engine

Posted in eCommerce by Samantha Rodriguez Last updated on May 19th, 2021 The most common ways to accept payments on…

wpengine.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on May 21, 2021.

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Welcome to the sixth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

Spotify's Upcoming "Open Access Platform" is as Surprising as it is Awesome

This week I heard Spotify had announced some new features to enable paid podcasting on their platform. "Cool," I…

every.to

Twitter acquires news tech startup Scroll

Twitter on Tuesday announced it's acquiring Scroll, the venture-backed news upstart from former Chartbeat CEO Tony…

www.axios.com

Facebook is starting a Substack competitor

The Facebook Journalism Project will commit five million dollars to "support local journalists interested in starting…

www.niemanlab.org

The ultimate guide to the creator economy

The COVID pandemic has propelled the Creator Economy into a new era, fuelled by the upward trend of people monetizing…

www.antler.co

Growing First 1000 (this newsletter) to 10k Subscribers

I have been sitting on this for a while...but there are now over 10,000 of you reading this newsletter. I still can't…

first1000.substack.com

Bootstrap 5

Bootstrap 5 has officially landed! After three alphas, three betas, and several months of hard work, we're shipping the…

blog.getbootstrap.com

Technical SEO Implementations to Increase the Impact of Your Link Building Campaigns

The author's views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect…

moz.com

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021 - Smashing Magazine

Let's make 2021... fast! An annual front-end performance checklist (available as PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word), with…

www.smashingmagazine.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on May 14, 2021.

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Welcome to the fifth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

frontity/frontity

Frontity is a free and open source framework to develop WordPress themes based on ReactJS. To learn more about the…

github.com

Spotify launches paid podcasts through new Anchor feature

Spotify today is officially rolling out paid podcast subscriptions, after first unveiling its new subscription platform…

techcrunch.com

Most effective subscriber retention strategies, according to publishers: API report | What's New in…

90% of publishers use email newsletters as a subscriber retention strategy. A similar percentage employ analytics to…

whatsnewinpublishing.com

10 Principles Of Good Web Design - Smashing Magazine

Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a website. Since the visitor of…

www.smashingmagazine.com

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions - Apple Podcasts for Creators

You can offer shows with paid subscriptions, or fans can listen to free shows that come with additional benefits when…

podcasters.apple.com

TikTok-native publishers look to expand business on other platforms

TikTok-native publishers like Flighthouse and SongPsych have reached a milestone in the maturity of a modern media…

digiday.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on May 07, 2021.

·1 day ago

Welcome to the fourth issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

humanmade/S3-Uploads

S3 Uploads Lightweight "drop-in" for storing WordPress uploads on Amazon S3 instead of the local filesystem. A Human…

github.com

WebPageTest - Website Performance and Optimization Test

Advanced Settings Chrome-specific advanced settings: Block Requests Containing (URL substrings)... Space-separated list…

www.webpagetest.org

TinyVid - The Free Video Compressor by Kamua

Trim and compress video files to fit any size limitation

kamua.com

wp-cli/wp-cli

WP-CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. You can update plugins, configure multisite installations and much…

github.com

luangjokaj/wordpressify

Automate your WordPress development workflow. For full documentation, visit https://www.wordpressify.co. For help…

github.com

Twitter tips for websites

How to make the most out of Twitter on your website to increase followers, drive engagement, and grow your business. If…

media.twitter.com

TinyPNG - Compress PNG images while preserving transparency

Excellent question! Let me give you a side by side comparison. Below are two photos of my cousin. The left image is…

tinypng.com

ahmadawais/create-guten-block

create-guten-block is zero configuration dev-toolkit (#0CJS) to develop WordPress Gutenberg blocks in a matter of…

github.com

Plausible Analytics

Frustrated with Google Analytics? So are we and that's why we built Plausible Analytics, a simple, lightweight (< 1…

plausible.io

2021 is the year of subscriptions, and other learnings from Reuters' latest report - Twipe

In an annual survey of news leaders, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism predicts the trends and changes…

www.twipemobile.com

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021 - Smashing Magazine

Let's make 2021... fast! An annual front-end performance checklist (available as PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word), with…

www.smashingmagazine.com

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on April 30, 2021.

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Welcome to the third issue of Travel Bloggers Weekly.

Travel Bloggers Weekly curates important stories, ideas and resources for travel bloggers to create, build and grow their travel blog.

Build software better, together

GitHub is where people build software. More than 65 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over…

github.com

Upcoming changes to FeedBurner | Google Search Central Blog

"type": "thumb-down", "id": "missingTheInformationINeed", "label":"Missing the information I need" },{ "type"…

developers.google.com

ahmadawais/create-guten-block

create-guten-block is zero configuration dev-toolkit (#0CJS) to develop WordPress Gutenberg blocks in a matter of…

github.com

Google Marketing Livestream 2021

Welcome to Google Marketing Livestream 2021-a virtual keynote where we announce new products and share the latest…

adsonair.withgoogle.com

Announcing the Sustainable Monetized Websites video series

"type": "thumb-down", "id": "missingTheInformationINeed", "label":"Missing the information I need" },{ "type"…

developers.google.com

WordPress 5.7.1 Security and Maintenance Release

WordPress 5.7.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 26 bug fixes in addition to two…

wordpress.org

How to get sponsors for your newsletter | The EmailOctopus Blog

You've started your first newsletter and got a few thousand subscribers on your list. Now it's time to make some money…

blog.emailoctopus.com

Marketing Examples - The finest real world marketing examples

A gallery of real world marketing examples from successful companies. Want to perfect your cold email, boost referrals…

marketingexamples.com

A Google designer takes us inside Search's mobile redesign

3. Creating more breathing room. "We decided to create a new edge-to-edge results design and to minimize the use of…

blog.google

zurb/twentytwenty

Include the javascript and css files. You might need to change the paths to match your setup.

github.com

17 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid in 2021, According to HubSpot Bloggers

Sometimes, when I tell people that I blog for a living, they roll their eyes. "That's so easy," they say. "You get a…

blog.hubspot.com

Introduction to Blogging

"Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe websites that maintain an ongoing…

wordpress.org

Originally appeared on travelbloggers.net on April 18, 2021.

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